List of English novelists

This is a list of novelists from England writing for adults and young adults. Please add only one novel title or comment on fiction per name. Other genres appear in other lists and on subject's page. References appear on the individual pages.

A

Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), Flatland
Kia Abdullah (born 1982)
Joe Abercrombie (born 1974), fantasy
Paul Ableman (1927–2006)
J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967)
Peter Ackroyd (born 1949)
Hazel Adair (1900–1990)
Paul Adam (born 1958)
Ruth Adam (1907–1977)
Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), The Notting Hill Mystery
Douglas Adams (1952–2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Francis Adams (1862–1893)
Poppy Adams (living)
Richard Adams (1920–2016), Watership Down
Jean Adamson (born 1928), Topsy and Tim
Arthur St. John Adcock (1864–1930)
Grace Aguilar (1816–1847)
Robert Aickman (1914–1981)
Joan Aiken (1924–2004), The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Lucy Aikin (1781–1864)
Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984), children's fiction
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), Rookwood
Catherine Aird (born 1930)
Vivien Alcock (1924–2003), children's fiction
Naomi Alderman (born 1974), The Power
Richard Aldington (1892–1962), Death of a Hero
Brian Aldiss (1925–2017), science fiction
Miriam Alexander (born 1879)
Monica Ali (born 1967)
Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998), children's school stories
Walter Allen (1911–1995)
Margery Allingham (1904–1966), The Crime at Black Dudley
E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971)
David Almond (born 1951), young adult novels
Kingsley Amis (1922–1995), Lucky Jim
Martin Amis (1949–2023), Dead Babies
Valerie Anand (1937–2007), historical fiction
Julie Andrews (born 1935)
Sam Angus (born 1967), children's historical novels
Charlotte Anley (1796–1893), didactic novelist
Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018)
Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946)
Jeffrey Archer (born 1940)
Philip Ardagh (born 1961)
Reginald Arkell (1882–1959)
Michael Arlen (1895–1956)
Simon Armitage (born 1963)
Annie Armitt (1850–1933)
Martin Armstrong (1882–1974)
Richard Armstrong (1903–1986), Sea Change
Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935)
Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944), children's novels
William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859)
Pat Arrowsmith (born 1930)
Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917)
Daisy Ashford (1881–1972), The Young Visiters (sic, written aged nine)
Lindsay Ashford (born 1959)
Bernard Ashley (born 1935), children's fiction
Carl Ashmore (born 1968), children's novels
Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994)
Judy Astley (living)
Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872)
Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911)
Kate Atkinson (born 1951)
M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974), children's fiction
Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1731)
Steve Augarde (born 1950), children's fiction
Jane Austen (1775–1817), Pride and Prejudice
Gillian Avery (1926–2016), children's fiction
Tash Aw (born 1973)

B

Robert Bage (1728–1801)
Desmond Bagley (1923–1983), horror novels
Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010), The Bottle Factory Outing
John Bainbridge (born 1953)
Cherith Baldry (born 1947), fantasy
J. G. Ballard (1930–2009), Crash
Isabella Banks (1821–1897), The Manchester Man
Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929), The L-Shaped Room
Margaret Barber (Michael Fairless, 1869–1901), The Roadmender
Ros Barber (born 1964)
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
Nicola Barker (born 1966)
Nugent Barker (1888–1955), ghost stories
Pat Barker (born 1943), Regeneration Trilogy
Frances Catherine Barnard (1796–1869)
Joshua Barnes (1654–1712)
Julian Barnes (born 1946), England, England
Alexander Baron (1917–1999)
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919)
Pat Barr (1934–2018)
Mark Barrowcliffe (born 1964)
Stan Barstow (1928–2011), A Kind of Loving
H. E. Bates (1905–1974), The Darling Buds of May
Nina Bawden (1925–2012), Carrie's War
Matthew Baylis (born 1971)
Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903)
William Beckford (1760–1844), Vathek
Lillian Beckwith (1916–2004)
Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), Zuleika Dobson
Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
John Hay Beith (Ian Hay, 1876–1952)
Rosalind Belben (born 1941), Hound Music
Nona Bellairs (1824–1897)
Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827)
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), Anna of the Five Towns
Geoffrey Bennett (1909–1983)
E. F. Benson (1867–1940), Mapp and Lucia series
Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977)
Ursula Bentley (1945–2004)
Kenneth Benton (1909–1999), spy fiction
J. D. Beresford (1873–1947), science fiction
John Berger (1926–2017), G.
Anthony Berkeley (1893–1971), mystery novels (The Poisoned Chocolates Case)
Louis de Bernières (born 1954), Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Walter Besant (1836–1901), All Sorts and Conditions of Men
Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919)
Tom Bevan (1868–1938), novels for boys
Mark Billingham (born 1961), crime novels
Anne Billson (born 1954)
Alan Bilton (born 1969)
Carol Birch (born 1951)
Clementina Black (1853–1923)
Robert Black (1829–1915)
John Blackburn (1923–1993), thrillers
Julia Blackburn (born 1948)
R. D. Blackmore (1821–1900), Lorna Doone
Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), especially ghost stories
Nicholas Blincoe (born 1965), Manchester Slingback
Eliot Bliss (1903–1990), Bildungsromane
Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/63 – post-1816)
Denis Bond (born 1946), children's fiction
Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818), Bungay Castle
Stephen Booth (born 1952), crime fiction
George Borrow (1803–1881), The Romany Rye
Alain de Botton (born 1969)
Marjorie Boulton (1924–2017), in both English and Esperanto.
Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830)
Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952)
Tim Bowler (born 1953), River Boy
William Boyd (born 1952), Any Human Heart
Paula Brackston (living), The Witch's Daughter
Jason Bradbury (born 1969), children's fiction
Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000), The History Man
Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915), Lady Audley's Secret
Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933), A Woman of Substance
Edward Bradley (1827–1889), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
John Braine (1922–1986), Room at the Top
Matthew Branton (born 1968)
Paula Brackston (living), historical fantasy
Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883), historical novels
Wallace Breem (1926–1990), Eagle in the Snow
Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1872–1957), historical fiction for children
Simon Brett (born 1945), crime fiction
Victor Bridges (1878–1972), detective fiction
Henry Brinton (1901–1977), thrillers
Joanna Briscoe (born 1963)
Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s)
Vera Brittain (1893–1970)
Lionel Britton (1887–1971)
Vincent Brome (1910–2004)
Anne Brontë (1820–1849), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), Jane Eyre.
Emily Brontë (1818–1848), Wuthering Heights
Frances Brooke (1724–1789)
Anita Brookner (1928–2016), Hotel du Lac
Shirley Brooks (1816–1874)
Brigid Brophy (1929–1995)
D. K. Broster (1877–1950), historical novels
Tom Brown (1662–1704)
Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004), Jennings and Derbyshire novels
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873), The Last Days of Pompeii
John Bunyan (1628–1688), The Pilgrim's Progress
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), A Clockwork Orange
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), The Secret Garden
Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th century, pseudonym)
Frances Burney (1752–1840), Evelina
Sarah Burney (1772–1844)
Hester Burton (1913–2000), historical fiction
Jessie Burton (born 1982), historical and children's novels
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890)
Charlotte Bury (1775–1861)
Samuel Butler (1835–1902), Erewhon
Colin Butts (born 1964)
A. S. Byatt (born 1936), Possession

C

Hall Caine (1853–1931), romantic novels
Mona Caird (1854–1932)
Joanna Cannan (1896–1961), detective and children's novels
Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909)
J. L. Carr (1912–1994), A Month in the Country
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Angela Carter (1940–1992), magical realism
Dean Vincent Carter (born 1976), horror novels
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000), romance novels
Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), children's fiction
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
Mark Chadbourn (born 1960), science fiction
Elizabeth Chadwick (born 1957), historical fiction
Somerset de Chair (1911–1995)
Aidan Chambers (born 1934), Postcards from No Man's Land
Leslie Charteris (1907–1993), devised "The Saint"
Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989)
Christine Chaundler (1887–1972), children's fiction
Mavis Cheek (born c. 1948)
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766)
Lee Child (born 1954), Jack Reacher
Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925), Red Pottage
Catherine Christian (1901–1985), children's novels
Agatha Christie (1890–1976), The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Alys Clare (Elizabeth Harris, born 1944), historical whodunnits
Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908), historical fiction
Susanna Clarke (born 1959), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
Lucy Clifford (1846–1929)
Elizabeth Cobbold (1765–1824)
Richard Cobbold (1797–1877)
Henry Cockton (1807–1852)
Jonathan Coe (born 1961)
Margaret Cole (1893–1980), detective stories
Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921)
Jackie Collins (1937–2015), romances
Mortimer Collins (1827–1876)
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889), The Moonstone
Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969)
Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), Lord Jim
Storm Constantine (1956–2021), science fiction
Hugh Conway (pseudonym of Frederick John Fargus, 1847–1885)
Judith Cook (1933–2004) historical novels
Catherine Cookson (1906–1998), The Cinder Path
William Cooper (1910–2002)
Marie Corelli (1855–1924)
Bernard Cornwell (born 1944), Sharpe novels
Dudley Costello (1803–1865)
Dilly Court (born 1940) historical sagas
Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010)
Anthony Berkeley Cox (Francis Iles, 1893–1971), The Poisoned Chocolates Case
Josephine Cox (1938–2020)
Amanda Craig (born 1959), A Vicious Circle
Dinah Craik (1826–1887), The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak
Helen Cresswell (1934–2005), Lizzie Dripping
Adam Croft (living), crime fiction
Andy Croft (born 1956), young adult novels
Andrew Crofts (born 1953), The Little Hero
Bithia Mary Croker (c. 1848–1920)
Richmal Crompton (1890–1969), Just William series
Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895)
Catherine Crowe (1803–1876)
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
J. A. Cuddon (1928–1996)
Annie Hall Cudlip (1838–1918)
Rachel Cusk (born 1967), Outline
Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842)

D

Charlotte Dacre (1782–1841)
Roald Dahl (1916–1990), children's fiction
Celia Dale (1912–2011)
Penny Dale (born 1954)
Clemence Dane (1888–1965)
Denise Danks (living)
F. J. Harvey Darton (1878–1936)
Emma Darwin (born 1964)
Selina Davenport (1779–1859)
Lionel Davidson (1922–2009)
Caitlin Davies (born 1964)
Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984)
Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
Coningsby Dawson (1883–1959)
Jennifer Dawson (1929–2000)
William James Dawson (1854–1928)
Martin Day (born 1968)
Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859), Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Walter de la Mare (1873–1956)
Louise Dean (living)
Warwick Deeping (1877–1950), Sorrell and Son
Daniel Defoe (1659 or 1661–1731), journalist Robinson Crusoe
Len Deighton (born 1929), The IPCRESS File
Joseph Delaney (born 1945), fantasy
R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972)
Thomas Deloney (1543–1600)
Joolz Denby (born 1955), Billie Morgan
Nigel Dennis (1912–1989)
Colin Dexter (1930–2017), Inspector Morse novels
Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal (born 1974)
A. A. Dhand (living), crime fiction
Narinder Dhami (born 1958), children's fiction
Michael Dibdin (1947–2007), crime fiction
Charles Dickens (1812–1870), The Pickwick Papers
Mary Angela Dickens (1862–1948)
Monica Dickens (1915–1992)
Anne Hepple Dickinson (1877–1959), romances
Peter Dickinson (1927–2015)
Alice Diehl (1844–1912)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
Ella Hepworth Dixon (1857–1932), The Story of a Modern Woman
Henry Hall Dixon (1822–1870)
Catherine Isabella Dodd (1860–1932), educational novels
William Dodd (1729–1777)
Ann Doherty (c. 1786 – c. 1831–1832)
Berlie Doherty (born 1943)
P. C. Doherty (born 1946)
David Donachie (born 1944), nautical historical novels
Angus Donald (born 1965), historical fiction
Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870)
Sarah Doudney (1841–1926)
Louise Doughty (born 1963)
Norman Douglas (1858–1952), South Wind
Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007), children's fiction
Mary Frances Dowdall (1876–1939)
Margaret Drabble (born 1939)
Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912), novels for children and adults
William Price Drury (1861–1949)
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), Rebecca
George du Maurier (1834–1896), Trilby
Alice Dudeney (1866–1945)
Ernest Dudley (1908–2006)
Maureen Duffy (born 1933)
Ruth Dugdall (born 1971)
Alfred Duggan (1903–1964), historical novelist
Sarah Dunant (born 1950)
Helen Dunmore (1952–2017), The Siege
Nell Dunn (born 1936), Up the Junction
Geoff Dyer (born 1958)

E

Rae Earl (born 1971)
Anthony Earnshaw (1924–2001)
E. R. Eddison (1882–1945)
Emily Eden (1797–1869)
John George Edgar (1834–1864), boys' fiction
May Edginton (1883–1957)
Robert Edric (born 1956)
J. T. Edson (1928–2014)
Annie Edwards (c. 1830–1896)
Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982), The Witches and the Grinnygog
Monica Edwards (1912–1998), children's novels
Stephen Elboz (born 1956), children's novels
Josephine Elder (1895–1988)
Susan Elderkin (born 1968), Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains
George Eliot (1819–1880), Middlemarch.
Anne Elliot (1856–1941)
E. S. Elliott (1836–1897)
Janice Elliott (1931–1995)
Royston Ellis (born 1941)
Warren Ellis (born 1968)
Roger Jon Ellory (born 1965), thrillers
Ernest Elmore (John Bude, 1901–1957)
Ben Elton (born 1959), Stark
Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), Second Class Citizen
Sally Emerson (born 1954)
Barry England (1932–2009)
D. J. Enright (1920–2002)
Sam Enthoven (born 1975), children's novels
Barbara Erskine (born 1944)
Susan Ertz (1887–1985)
Edith Escombe (1866–1950)
Nicholas Evans (1950–2022)
Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932)
Stuart Evers (born 1976)
Leonora Eyles (1889–1960), feminist novels

F

J. Meade Falkner (1858–1932), Moonfleet
Duncan Fallowell (born 1948)
Frederic Farrar (1831–1903), Eric, or, Little by Little
G. E. Farrow (1862–1919), The Wallypug of Why
Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961)
Sebastian Faulks (born 1953), The Girl at the Lion d'Or
Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929)
Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019)
George Manville Fenn (1831–1909)
Eliza Fenwick (1766–1840)
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854)
Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918)
Gabriel Fielding (Alan Gabriel Barnsley 1916–1986)
Helen Fielding (born 1958), Bridget Jones's Diary
Henry Fielding (1707–1754), Tom Jones
Sarah Fielding (1710–1768), The Governess, or The Little Female Academy
Anne Fine (born 1947), Madame Doubtfire
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926)
Tibor Fischer (born 1959), Under the Frog
Catherine Fisher (born 1957), The Oracle
Ena Fitzgerald (1889–1962)
Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), The Blue Flower
Ian Fleming (1908–1964) the James Bond novels
Peter Fleming (1907–1971)
Katie Flynn (Judy Turner, 1936–2019) historical novels
Lady Angela Forbes (1876–1950)
Rosita Forbes (1890–1967)
Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939), The Good Soldier
C. S. Forester (1899–1966) Horatio Hornblower series
E. M. Forster (1879–1970), A Passage to India.
Margaret Forster (1938–2016)
Frederick Forsyth (born 1938), The Day of the Jackal
E. M. Foster, Mrs. (fl. late 18th and early 19th cc.)
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929)
John Fowles (1926–2005), The French Lieutenant's Woman
Felix Francis (born 1953) crime fiction
Suzanne Francis (born 1959)
Antonia Fraser (born 1932)
George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008)
Michael Frayn (born 1933), A Landing on the Sun
Esther Freud (born 1963)
James Hain Friswell (1825–1878)
Alistair Fruish (living)
Stephen Fry (born 1957)
Claire Fuller (born 1967), Our Endless Numbered Days

G

Neil Gaiman (born 1960), Stardust
John Galsworthy (1867–1933), The Forsyte Saga
John Gardner (1926–2007) thrillers
Alex Garland (born 1970), The Beach
Alan Garner (born 1934) children's novels
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), Cranford
Jamila Gavin (born 1941) children's novels
Mike Gayle (born 1970), My Legendary Girlfriend
Hazel Gaynor (born 1971), historical fiction
Maggie Gee (born 1948)
Charles Gibbon (1843–1890) Dangerous Connections
Stella Gibbons (1902–1989), Cold Comfort Farm
George Gissing (1857–1903), New Grub Street
Lesley Glaister (born 1956)
John Glasby (1928–2011)
Katharine Glasier (1867–1950)
Connie Glynn (born 1994), young-adult fiction
Robert Goddard (born 1954)
Rumer Godden (1907–1998), An Episode of Sparrows
William Godwin (1756–1836), Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
William Godwin (1803–1832)
Julia Golding (born 1969), The Diamond of Drury Lane
William Golding (1911–1993), Lord of the Flies
Martin J. Goodman (born 1956)
Jason Goodwin (born 1964), The Janissary Tree
John Gordon (1925–2017) supernatural fiction
Catherine Gore (1798–1861)
Gwen Grant (born 1940) children's fiction
Joan Grant (1907–1989) historical novels
Linda Grant (born 1951), The Dark Circle
Richard Graves (1715–1804)
Robert Graves (1895–1985), I, Claudius
Maxwell Gray (Mary Gleed Tuttiett, 1846–1923)
Henry Green (1905–1973)
James Green (born 1944)
Graham Greene (1904–1991), Brighton Rock
Frederick Greenwood (1830–1909) completed the late Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters
Walter Greenwood (1903–1974), Love on the Dole
Philippa Gregory (born 1954) historical novels
Arthur Griffiths (1838–1908) crime novels and military history
Philip Gross (born 1952)
Bertha Jane Grundy (1837–1912)
Arthur Guirdham (1905–1992)
Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823)
Susannah Gunning (c. 1740–1800) epistolary novels
Emma Jane Guyton (1825–1887), religious novels

H

Mark Haddon (born 1962), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925), King Solomon's Mines
Matt Haig (born 1975)
Arthur Hailey (1920–2004)
Sarah Hall (born 1974)
Simon Hall (born 1969)
Charles Hamilton (Frank Richards, 1876–1961), Billy Bunter
Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
John Hampson (1901–1955)
James Hanley (1897–1985), Boy
Michael Hardcastle (1933–2019), sports fiction
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), Far from the Madding Crowd
Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981), The Wool-Pack
Joanne Harris (born 1964)
Robert Harris (born 1957), Fatherland
M. John Harrison (born 1945), Viriconium series
Sarah Harrison (born 1946)
Josephine Hart (1942–2011), Damage
L. P. Hartley (1895–1972), The Go-Between
Ann Hatton (1764–1838)
Joseph Hatton (1837–1907), John Needham's Double
Desmond Hawkins (1908–1999)
Jon Haylett (living)
Frederick William Hayes (1848–1918)
Carole Hayman (living)
Mary Hays (1759–1843), Memoirs of Emma Courtney
Tim Heald (1944–2016)
Philip Hensher (born 1965)
G. A. Henty (1832–1902)
A. P. Herbert (1890–1971), The Water Gipsies
James Herbert (1943–2013), horror
Harold Heslop (1898–1983), political novels
Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923), historical novels
Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
Eleanor Hibbert (Jean Plaidy etc., 1906–1993), historical romance
Robert Hichens (1864–1950), The Green Carnation
Jack Higgins (1929–2022)
Philip E. High (1914–2006), science fiction
Justin Hill (born 1971)
Lorna Hill (1902–1991), children's fiction; romances
Reginald Hill (1936–2012)
Susan Hill (born 1942), I'm the King of the Castle
James Hilton (1900–1954), Lost Horizon
John Buxton Hilton (1921–1986), crime fiction
Thomas Hinde (1926–2014)
Joanna Hines (living)
Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009)
Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), moral stories for children
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962)
Margaret Holford (1778–1852)
Jane Holland (born 1966), Girl Number One
Sarah Holland (born 1961) romances
Tom Holland (born 1968), Gothic horror
Alan Hollinghurst (born 1954), The Line of Beauty
Victoria Holmes (living)
Hazel Holt (1928–2015), crime
Tom Holt (born 1961), fantasy
William Holt (1897–1977)
Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), South Riding
Stewart Home (born 1962)
Charles Hooton (1810–1847)
Anthony Hope (1863–1933), invented Ruritania for The Prisoner of Zenda.
Thomas Hope (1769–1831)
Sydney Horler (1888–1954), Checkmate
Nick Hornby (born 1957), About a Boy
Roy Horniman (1874–1930)
E. W. Hornung (1866–1921)
Anthony Horowitz (born 1956)
Elaine Horseman (1925–1999), children's fantasy fiction
William Horwood (born 1944), Duncton Wood series
Emma Hosken (1845–1884)
Edward Howard (1793–1841), maritime novels
Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)
Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), science fiction
Pauline von Hügel (1858–1901)
Richard Hughes (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
Thomas Hughes (1822–1896), Tom Brown's Schooldays
Fergus Hume (1859–1932)
Eliza Humphreys (Rita, 1850–1938)
Violet Hunt (1862–1942)
Douglas Hurd (born 1930)
Graham Hurley (born 1946), crime fiction
Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (1880–1971)
Angela Huth (born 1938)
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), the dystopian Brave New World

I

Conn Iggulden (born 1971)
Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821), A Simple Story
Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
Simon Ings (born 1965), Hot Head
Hammond Innes (1914–1998), thrillers
Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986)
Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954), The Remains of the Day
Ralph Izzard (1910–1992)

J

W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943), The Lady of the Barge
Howard Jacobson (born 1942), The Finkler Question
Brian Jacques (1939–2011), Redwall
Frances Jacson (1754–1842), didactic novels
Muriel Jaeger (1892–1969)
George Payne Rainsford James (1799–1860)
Henry James (1843–1916), The Turn of the Screw.
M. R. James (1862–1936), ghost stories
P. D. James (1920–2014), crime fiction
Rosemary Hawley Jarman (1935–2015), historical novels
Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis (Oliver Sandys, 1886–1964)
Robin Jarvis (born 1963), The Whitby Witches
Edith Spicer Jay (1847–1901), military novels
John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831–1901)
Michael Jecks (born 1960), historical mystery novels
Edgar Jepson (1863–1938)
Margaret Jepson (1907–2003)
Selwyn Jepson (1899–1989)
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), Three Men in a Boat
Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880), stories in Household Words
Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833)
W. E. Johns (1893–1968), Biggles books
B. S. Johnson (1933–1973)
Antony Johnston (born 1972)
Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011), fantasy
Penny Jordan (1946–2011), romance novels
Graham Joyce (1954–2014), Some Kind of Fairy Tale
Alan Judd (born 1946), A Breed of Heroes

K

Anna Kavan (1901–1968), Ice
P. J. Kavanagh (1931–2015)
Joanna Kavenna (living), The Birth of Love
M. M. Kaye (1908–2004), The Far Pavilions
Annie Keary (1825–1879), children's writer
Stephen Kelman (born 1976), Pigeon English
Gene Kemp (1926–2016), The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776–1842)
Lena Kennedy (1914–1986), historical romance
Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967), The Constant Nymph
Alexander Kent (1924–2017), maritime historical fiction
Judith Kerr (1923–2019), children's novels
Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906), A Mixed Marriage
Philip Kerr (1956–2018), historical thrillers
David Kessler (born 1957)
Liz Kessler (born 1966), children's novels
Garry Kilworth (born 1941), science fiction and historical novels
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), Westward Ho!.
Henry Kingsley (1830–1876), Ravenshoe
Dick King-Smith (1922–2011), The Sheep-Pig
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), Kim
C. H. B. Kitchin (1895–1967), mystery novels
Matthew Kneale (born 1960), English Passengers
Eric Knight (1897–1943), Lassie Come-Home
Dorothy Koomson (born 1971), My Best Friend's Girl
Giles Kristian (born 1975), historical novels
Hari Kunzru (born 1969), The Impressionist
Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), The Buddha of Suburbia

L

Olivia Laing (born 1977)
Charlotte Lamb (1937–2000), romances
Charles Lambert (born 1953)
John Lanchester (born 1962)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (wrote as L. E. L., 1802–1838)
Jane Lane (1905–1978), historical novels
Francis Lathom (1774–1832), Gothic novels
Janet Lawrence (Julia Lisle, born 1937), crime fiction
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), Lady Chatterley's Lover
George Alfred Lawrence (1827–1876), Guy Livingston
John le Carré (1931–2020), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Anthony Lejeune (1928–2018)
Laurence Lerner (1925–2016)
Doris Lessing (1919–2013), The Grass Is Singing
Andrea Levy (1956–2019)
Deborah Levy (born 1962), Swimming Home
Alethea Lewis (1749–1787)
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), The Chronicles of Narnia
Matthew Lewis (1775–1818), The Monk
Ted Lewis (1940–1982), crime fiction
Marina Lewycka (born 1946), A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Nell Leyshon (living), dramatist and novelist
Mary Linskill (1840–1891)
S. E. Lister (born 1988)
Thomas Henry Lister (1800–1842), early silver fork novelist
Alison Littlewood (living), horror novels
Adam Lively (born 1961)
Penelope Lively (born 1933), Moon Tiger
Richard Llewellyn (1906–1983), How Green Was My Valley
William John Locke (1863–1930), The Beloved Vagabond
David Lodge (born 1935), Thinks ...
John Lodwick (1916–1959)
Hugh Lofting (1886–1947), Doctor Dolittle
Norah Lofts (1904–1983)
E. C. R. Lorac (Edith Caroline Rivett, 1894–1958), crime fiction
Jane C. Loudon (1807–1858), early science fiction
Elinor Lyon (1921–2008), children's novels
Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802–1882)

M

Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), The Towers of Trebizond
Denis Mackail (1892–1971), Greenery Street
Serena Mackesy (born 1960s), The Temp
Mary Mackie (living)
Paul Magrs (born 1969), Doctor Who novels
Tom Mallin (1927–1977)
Allan Mallinson (born 1949), historical novels
Eric Malpass (1910–1996)
Miles Mander (1888–1946)
Guy Mankowski (born 1983)
Mary E. Mann (1848–1929)
Keith Mansfield (born 1965), Johnny Mackintosh series
Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869), children's novels
Hilary Mantel (1952–2022), Wolf Hall
Russell Mardell (born 1975)
Stephen Marley (living), fantasy
Derek Marlowe (1938–1996)
Emilia Marryat (1835–1875), children's fiction
Frederick Marryat (1792–1848), Mr Midshipman Easy
Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954)
Andrew Martin (born 1962), historical detective novels
A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948), The Four Feathers
Carole Matthews (born 1960)
Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?)
William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), Liza of Lambeth
William Mayne (1928–2010), A Grass Rope
F. M. Mayor (1872–1932)
Una McCormack (born 1972)
Andy McDermott (born 1974), thrillers
Ian McEwan (born 1948), Atonement
Hilary McKay (born 1959), Saffy's Angel
Katharine McMahon (living), historical novels
Herman Cyril McNeile (1888–1937), Bulldog Drummond series
Anna Meades (1734 – probably before 1779)
Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826)
Paul Mendelson (born 1965)
Wyl Menmuir (born 1979), The Many
George Meredith (1828–1909), The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
Concordia Merrel (1885–1962), romantic fiction
Stanley Middleton (1919–2009), Holiday
China Miéville (born 1972), fantasy
Thomas Miller (1807–1874)
Mil Millington (living), humour
Magnus Mills (born 1954), The Field of the Cloth of Gold
A. A. Milne (1882–1956), The Red House Mystery
Richard Milward (born 1984), Apples
David Mitchell (born 1969), number9dream
Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855), Our Village
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), The Pursuit of Love
Aly Monroe (fl. 2008–2013)
Florence Montgomery (1843–1923)
Alicia Moore (1790–1873)
Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942)
William De Morgan (1839–1917)
William Morris (1834–1896), News from Nowhere
Blake Morrison (born 1950)
Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), The Pumpkin Eater
Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971)
Jojo Moyes (born 1969), romances
Fiona Mozley (born 1988), historical novels
Clara Mulholland (1849–1934)
Hector Hugh Munro (Saki, 1870–1916)
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), A Severed Head
Margaret Murphy (born 1959)
John Murray (born 1950), Murphy's Favourite Channels
Valerie Grosvenor Myer (1935–2007)
Ben Myers (born 1976), Richard: A Novel
Leo Myers (1881–1944)
Julie Myerson (born 1960), Something Might Happen

N

V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018), A House for Mr Biswas
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985), The Chip-Chip Gatherers
Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922)
P. H. Newby (1918–1997), Something to Answer For
John Henry Newman (1801–1890), Callista
Beverley Nichols (1898–1983)
David Nobbs (1935–2015)
Lawrence Norfolk (born 1963)
Philip Norman (born 1953)
Mary Norton (1903–1992), The Borrowers
Robert Nye (1939–2016)

O

Ann Oakley (born 1944)
John Oakman (c. 1748–1793)
Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), Aubrey–Maturin series
Tyne O'Connell (born 1960)
Ben Okri (born 1959), The Famished Road
Marina Oliver (born 1934) romances
Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927)
Daniel O'Mahony (born 1973)
Carola Oman (1897–1978), historical fiction
Tony O'Neill (born 1978)
Oliver Onions (1873–1961)
Amelia Opie (1769–1853)
E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866–1946)
Emma Orczy ("Baroness Orczy", 1865–1947), The Scarlet Pimpernel.
George Orwell (1903–1950), Animal Farm
Sam Osman
Ouida (1839–1908), Under Two Flags
Keith Ovenden (born 1943)

P

Barry Pain (1864–1928)
Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762–1834 or after)
Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923)
Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters, 1913–1995), The Cadfael Chronicles
Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817)
Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019)
Tim Parks (born 1954), Europa
Eliza Parsons (1739–1811), Gothic novels
Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866–1945), children's novels
Phyllis Paul (1903–1973), supernatural fiction
Michelle Paver (born 1960), Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Stel Pavlou (born 1970)
James Payn (1830–1898)
David Peace (born 1967)
Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), Headlong Hall
Mervyn Peake (1911–1968), Gormenghast series
A. J. Pearce (born 1964), Dear Mrs Bird
Philippa Pearce (1920–2006), Tom's Midnight Garden
Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923)
Margaret Pedler (1877–1948)
Anne Perry (1938–2023)
Sarah Perry (born 1979), The Essex Serpent
Caryl Phillips (born 1958), A Distant Shore
Mary Pilkington (1761–1839), children's fiction
Sarah Pinborough (born 1972), thriller fiction
Harold Pinter (1930–2008)
Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900), children's fiction
Denis Pitts (1930–1994)
Dudley Pope (1925–1997), nautical historical Lord Ramage series
Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832)
Jane Porter (1776–1850), The Scottish Chiefs
Sheena Porter (born 1935), children's novels
Raymond Postgate (1896–1971), Verdict of Twelve
Anthony Powell (1905–2000), A Dance to the Music of Time
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963), A Glastonbury Romance
T. F. Powys (1875–1953), Mr. Weston's Good Wine
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015)
H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972), historical fiction
Christopher Priest (born 1943), science fiction
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984), The Good Companions
Alison Prince (1931–2019)
Eric Pringle (1935–2017), children's fiction
V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997)
Philip Pullman (born 1946), His Dark Materials
Barbara Pym (1913–1980)

Q

Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944)
Ann Quin (1936–1973)
A. J. Quinnell (Philip Nicholson, 1940–2005), Man on Fire

R

Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho
Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977), Mary Plain stories
Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), Swallows and Amazons
Frederic Raphael (born 1931), The Glittering Prizes
Julian Rathbone (1935–2008)
Derek Raymond (Robin Cook, 1931–1994)
Miss Read (Dora Jessie Saint, 1913–2012), Miss Clare Remembers
Charles Reade (1814–1884), The Cloister and the Hearth
Douglas Reeman (1924–2017), historical naval novelist
Clara Reeve (1729–1807), The Old English Baron
Mary Renault (1905–1983), young-adult historical novels
Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine) (1930–2015), King Solomon's Carpet
Dan Rhodes (born 1972)
Pam Rhodes (born 1950)
Jean Rhys (1890–1979), Wide Sargasso Sea
Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957)
Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906)
Willie Riley (1866–1961), Windyridge
Candace Robb (born 1950)
E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961)
Denise Robins (1897–1985)
Gertrude Minnie Robins (Mrs Baillie Reynolds, 1861–1939)
Frederick William Robinson (1830–1901)
Peter Robinson (born 1950), crime fiction
Ray Robinson (born 1971)
Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845), Gothic novels
Sax Rohmer (1883–1959), created Dr. Fu Manchu
Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913), Hadrian the Seventh
Isabella Frances Romer (1798–1852)
Michael Rosen (born 1946), children's fiction
J. K. Rowling (born 1965), Harry Potter series
Martin Rowson (born 1959)
James Runcie (born 1959), The Grantchester Mysteries
Salman Rushdie (born 1947), Midnight's Children
Edward Rutherfurd (Francis Edward Wintle, born 1948), Sarum

S

Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962)
Anbara Salam, historical fiction
Jane Sanderson (born 1962)
Steven Savile (born 1969) thrillers
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), Lord Peter Wimsey series
Simon Scarrow (born 1962), Eagle series
Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857), A Marriage in High life
Hardiman Scott (1920–1999)
Paul Scott (1920–1987), The Raj Quartet
Sarah Scott (1723–1795), Millenium Hall (sic)
Will Scott (1893−1964), Disher, Detective
Kate Sedley (Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke, 1926–2022), historical novels
Will Self (born 1961)
Ian Serraillier (1912–1994), The Silver Sword
Diane Setterfield (born 1964), The Thirteenth Tale
Tim Severin (1940–2020), historical novels
Miranda Seymour (born 1948)
Nicholas Shakespeare (born 1957), The Dancer Upstairs
Tom Sharpe (1928–2013), Wilt
Joss Sheldon (born 1982)
Mary Shelley (1797–1851), Frankenstein
Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903), John Inglesant
Nevil Shute (1899–1960), A Town Like Alice
Gareth Sibson (born 1977)
Una Lucy Silberrad (1872–1955)
Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novels
Helen Simpson (born 1957)
Clive Sinclair (1948–2018)
Sarah Singleton (born 1966)
Indra Sinha (born 1950)
Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847), Gothic novels
Dodie Smith (1896–1990), The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Emma Smith (1923–2018), Maidens' Trip
Jonathan Smith (born 1942)
Stevie Smith (1902–1971)
Zadie Smith (born 1975), White Teeth
C. P. Snow (1905–1980), Strangers and Brothers series
Stephen Southwold (1887–1964), science fiction and other novels
Emily Spender (1841–1922)
Lillian Spender (1835–1895)
Stephen Spender (1909–1995)
Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827)
Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929)
Jessica Steele (1933–2020)
Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973)
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), Tristram Shandy
Mary Stewart (1916–2014), historical fiction
Julian Stockwin (born 1944), nautical fiction
David Storey (1933–2017), Saville
Catherine Storr (1913–2001), Marianne Dreams
Jack Trevor Story (1917–1991)
Randolph Stow (1935–2010)
Hesba Stretton (1832–1911), children's fiction
Alexander Stuart (born 1955), The War Zone
Vivian Stuart (1914–1986), romances
Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992), The Eagle of the Ninth
Graham Swift (born 1949), Last Orders.
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Gulliver's Travels
Meera Syal (born 1961), Anita and Me
Mitchell Symons (born 1957)

T

Elizabeth Taylor (1912–1975), The Real Life of Angel Deverell
G. P. Taylor (born 1958), Shadowmancer
Philip Meadows Taylor (1808–1876), Confessions of a Thug
Barry Tebb (born 1942)
Lisa St Aubin de Terán (born 1953)
J. E. Harold Terry (1885–1939)
James Thackara (born 1944), The Book of Kings
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), Vanity Fair
Stephanie Theobald (born 1966)
Angela Thirkell (1890–1961)
Adam Thirlwell (born 1978)
Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855)
Adam Thorpe (born 1956), Ulverton
Colin Thubron (born 1939), A Cruel Madness
Stella Tillyard (living)
Peter Tinniswood (1936–2003), I Didn't Know You Cared
Alan Titchmarsh (born 1949)
Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976), Miss Ranskill Comes Home
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), The Lord of the Rings
Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946), The Moon Riders
Paige Toon (born 1975), Jessie Jefferson series
Sue Townsend (1946–2014), Adrian Mole
Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998), Bows Against the Barons
Miles Tredinnick (born 1955), Fripp
Henry Treece (1911–1966), The Children's Crusade
Rose Tremain (born 1943), historical novels
Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810), Fabulous Histories
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), Barchester Towers
Lynne Truss (born 1955)
Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E., 1821–1893)
Philip Turner (1925–2006)
Thomas F. Tweed (1891–1940)

U

Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941)
Barry Unsworth (1930–2012), Sacred Hunger.
Cathi Unsworth (living)
Allen Upward (1863–1926)
Edward Upward (1903–2009)
Alison Uttley (1884–1976), children's novels

V

John Van der Kiste (born 1954)
R. V. Vernède (1905–2003)
Frances Vernon (1963–1991)
Salley Vickers (born 1948)
Sherard Vines (1890–1974)
Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992), historical and young-adult fiction

W

John Wain (1925–1994), Young Shoulders.
H. Russell Wakefield (1888–1964)
George Walker (1772–1847)
Doreen Wallace (1897–1987)
Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
Nick Wallace (born 1972)
David Walliams (born 1971), children's fiction
Leo Walmsley (1892–1966)
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941)
Jill Paton Walsh (1937– 2020), adult and children's writer
Sheila Walsh (1928–2009)
Guy Walters (born 1971)
Vanessa Walters (born 1978)
Amy Catherine Walton (1849–1939), children's novels
Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920), The History of David Grieve
Sarah Ward (living)
Florence Warden (1857–1929)
Rex Warner (1905–1986)
Blanche Warre-Cornish (1844–1922)
Keith Waterhouse (1929–2009), Billy Liar
Victor Watson (born 1936), children's novels
Auberon Waugh (1939–2001)
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), Decline and Fall
Anne Weale (1929–2007)
Catherine Webb (born 1986), young adult novels
Marion St John Webb (1888–1930), children's fiction
Mary Webb (1881–1927), Precious Bane
Samantha Weinberg (living)
Alison Weir (living), Innocent Traitor
Ronald Welch (1909–1982), children's historical novels
Fay Weldon (born 1931), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
H. G. Wells (1866–1946), The Time Machine
Louise Wener (born 1967)
Mary Wesley (1912–2002), The Camomile Lawn
Charles West (born 1927), crime novels
Jane West (1758–1852)
Rebecca West (1892–1983)
Robert Westall (1929–1993), The Machine Gunners
William Bury Westall (1834–1903)
Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901), mystery fiction
Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928), historical romance
Patience Wheatcroft (born 1951)
Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977), The Devil Rides Out
Dorothy Whipple (1893–1966)
Charles Whistler (1856–1913), historical novels
Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929), didactic novels for young
Antonia White (1899–1980), Frost in May
Fred M. White (1859–1935), science-fiction and disaster novelist
Hale White (1831–1913)
Michael White (1959–2018)
T. H. White (1906–1964), The Sword in the Stone
Tony White (born 1964)
Richard Whiteing (1840–1928)
Charles Whiting (1926–2007)
Peter Wildeblood (1923–1999)
Vaughan Wilkins (1890–1959)
Charles Williams (1886–1945), Descent into Hell
Charlie Williams (born 1971)
Nigel Williams (born 1948)
Robina Williams (living)
Henry Williamson (1895–1977), Tarka the Otter
Ted Willis (1914–1992) (Baron Willis)
A. N. Wilson (born 1950)
Angus Wilson (1913–1991)
R. D. Wingfield (1928–2007)
Jeanette Winterson (born 1959)
P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), Jeeves and Wooster
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
Christopher Wood (1935–2015)
Ellen Wood (1814–1887), East Lynne
Ramsay Wood (born 1943), Kalila and Dimna
Martin Woodhouse (1932–2011)
Richard Woodman (born 1944)
Margaret Louisa Woods (1856–1945)
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), Mrs Dalloway
S. Fowler Wright (1874–1965), Deluge
John Wyndham (1903–1969), The Day of the Triffids

Y

Jane Yardley (living)
Dornford Yates (1885–1960), The House That Berry Built
Ann Yearsley (c. 1753–1806)
Victor Maslin Yeates (1897–1934)
Tamar Yellin (living)
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901), The Heir of Redclyffe.
E. H. Young (1880–1945)
F. E. Mills Young (1875–1945)
Robyn Young (born 1975), Brethren

Z

Helen Zahavi (born 1966), Dirty Weekend
Israel Zangwill (1864–1926)
Louis Zangwill (1869–1938)

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